The Navy Debate

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 223, 20 March 1914, Page 5

The Navy Debate

AX INTERNATIONAL KING.

''::O.YIOTES WAR SCARES.

LSIitALIA AND THE FAR EAST.

By Cable—Press Association—Copyright Received 19, 10 p.m.

London, March 19.

In the course of the debate on Naval Estimates, Mr. Philip Snowden, M.P., attacked the international ring of armament firms run largely by British captal. Members of both political parties, he said, were among its shareholders. He accused the, ring of organising war scares at Home and abroad. Visitors in

the Strangers' Gallery applauded Mr Snowden.

Mr. Winston Churchill, First Lord ot the Admiralty, in reply to Sir T. Kin-loch-Cooke said that, broadly speaking, the Admiralty's arrangements in Aus-

ralasia had been carried out. Future levelopments of the British policy-in

the Pacific and the Far East must undoubtedly be further discussed with the Dominions interested, but he. could not say when this would take place':

Sir Kinloch-Cooke asked if he had received any messages from Ausrtalasia respecting a conference.

Mr. Churchill has not replied. Sir E. Greyi replying to Mr. Herbert's motion for a more adequate Mediterranean fleet, emphasised that with the present good European understanding it would be impossible to maintain a fleet equal to tnat of the combined Powers. England's policy would be to keep a fleet equal to any powerful coin-

bination. The Government had received explicit assurances from Turkey that she did not intend to engage in war.

NAVY LEAGUE'S DEMAND.

Received 18, 10 p.m. - ■ London,-March 19. The Navy League demands the laying down of three ships to replace the ships thought to be forthcoming from the Canadians." '«<■ • i